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Costlier solar power a fallout of India-China border clash

...the commitment made in the ITA – this is a policy hurdle that the Ministry of Finance will have to face next month when they decide on increasing the BCD. We expect them to go ahead, nevertheless.” Th...

29 Jul 2020

Costlier solar power a fallout of India-China border clash

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Climate change is the new disease of despair. Psychologists need to step up to help.

...therapy and tell me they are scared about what climate change means for their future. They tell me they entertain their suicidal thoughts because they’ve concluded their existence is unjustifiable in ...

28 Feb 2020

Climate change is the new disease of despair. Psychologists need to step up to help.

News / Policy & Finance

Pandemic turns smartphones from luxury to must-have as India's schools go online

...their schooling during the lockdown. Vibhute, the teacher in Pune, said he had lost contact with the children of migrant brick kiln workers who had travelled to their home states when the lockdown lef...

29 Jul 2020

Pandemic turns smartphones from luxury to must-have as India's schools go online

News / Policy & Finance

Malaysian activists call on road planners to learn the lessons of history

...the planning phase for the highway in the Telupid area didn’t involve the consent of the people living there. “It seems they didn’t really give them an option,” Toi said through a translator. “They ju...

18 Nov 2020

Malaysian activists call on road planners to learn the lessons of history

pedestrians walking in smog in shenyang city china

News / Policy & Finance

The bioaerosols controversy: From public health to the environment

...The WHO then acknowledged for the first time the possibility of airborne transmission of the coronavirus, saying it was revaluating the evidence and planned to update its prevention guidelines. Yao Ma...

7 Aug 2020

The bioaerosols controversy: From public health to the environment

News / Food & Agriculture

Where the logging ends, the forest clearing begins in Indonesian Borneo

...There is disturbance when the logging operation is going on, but orangutan can survive within the larger area, as they don’t primarily feed on the most valuable timber trees that are extracted,” said ...

6 Mar 2020

Where the logging ends, the forest clearing begins in Indonesian Borneo

News / Carbon & Climate

Five sustainable solutions to help tackle extreme heat in South Asia

...the system. During the summer, these pipes draw heated water from the building and move it underground. (In winter, the opposite principle applies to warm the house.) According to the company, the tem...

19 Nov 2021

Five sustainable solutions to help tackle extreme heat in South Asia

SG financial district new MAS guidelines

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The next risk challenge: Environmental Risk

...the impact that their counterparties have on the wider ecosystem, ensuring that they do not have track records of environmentally damaging practices. In May 2020 the HKMA went further, asking the bank...

8 Sep 2020

The next risk challenge: Environmental Risk

News / Food & Agriculture

A world of hurt: Climate disasters in 2021 raise alarm over food security

...The US Southeast is experiencing “great summer weather” (cool and wet), while the Northwest is facing “a terrible drought” (hot/dry weather). “The crux of the matter is the crop is being damaged in th...

5 Aug 2021

A world of hurt: Climate disasters in 2021 raise alarm over food security

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How Covid-19 can be the impetus for growth in renewable energy

...the economy, the private sector has been badly affected by the pandemic and companies are working to restore their capital and revitalise their businesses. Questions around whether they are willing to...

6 May 2021

How Covid-19 can be the impetus for growth in renewable energy

News / Carbon & Climate

As Australia’s logging ‘madness’ fuels more fires, will it hasten ecosystem collapse?

...them [the logging companies] another two years before they finalise the recovery plan. Meanwhile, the forest that they depend upon is being damaged and destroyed, every day of the week.” The entire mo...

14 May 2020

As Australia’s logging ‘madness’ fuels more fires, will it hasten ecosystem collapse?

News / Transport

Q&A: What does the Brexit deal say about climate change and energy?

...When the EU released its proposed deal in May, reports noted that the two sides were “clashing” over the status of climate in the negotiations. “In these talks, the EU was the one pushing for more amb...

22 Jan 2021

Q&A: What does the Brexit deal say about climate change and energy?

News / Carbon & Climate

Australian forests’ smoke climbed 20 miles in 2019

...they tracked the cloud to an altitude of 35 kilometres (21 miles). They measured it as 1,000 kms (625 miles) across. They followed it around the planet for 66,000 kms (41,010 miles). And they confirm ...

6 Nov 2020

Australian forests’ smoke climbed 20 miles in 2019

News / Food & Agriculture

Vertical farms ‘underserved’ when it comes to new seed varieties

...thers. “The answer is for the variety to be clearly labelled on the packaging, with an online system for the consumer to discover not only the breeding processes involved but other facts about the var...

14 Aug 2020

Vertical farms ‘underserved’ when it comes to new seed varieties

Illegal logs, to be used for pulp and paper Indonesia

News / Policy & Finance

Pulp producers pull off US$168 million Indonesia tax twist: Report

...the full technical specifications of dissolving pulp,” APRIL said. This lasted until 2018, when the specifications of the new pulp product were deemed to meet the standards expected by the buyers, the...

3 Dec 2020

Pulp producers pull off US$168 million Indonesia tax twist: Report

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Building a nature-positive economy

...the perils facing the planet, are changing the way they operate. But they can’t do it all alone, and the current rules of our financial and economic system must change if we are to build an equitable,...

4 May 2021

Building a nature-positive economy

Opinion / Waste

Tackling Asia’s plastic pollution

...the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Japan to produce the Plastic Atlas Asia Edition. “ Although the region’s plastic pollution was bad before Covid-19, the pandemic has exacerbated the ...

31 May 2021

Tackling Asia’s plastic pollution

News / Waste

How Singapore’s biggest supermarket player plans to unpack the packaging waste issue

...the types and amounts of packaging that they place on the market. This is the first step towards an extended producer responsibility (EPR) framework for packaging waste that the Singapore aims to roll...

13 Oct 2020

How Singapore’s biggest supermarket player plans to unpack the packaging waste issue

News / Energy

Solar power’s future could soon be overshadowed

...when the sun doesn’t shine. Waiting for Biden In 2019 there was a 24 per cent increase in the number of solar installations in the US, with utility companies, particularly in sunnier and more environm...

16 Feb 2021

Solar power’s future could soon be overshadowed

News / Policy & Finance

Activists want repeal of Indonesia’s controversial new law, while investors warn of 'severe' environmental, human rights repercussions

...the risk to existing employees. “In the near future, maybe there will be massive layoffs where a company will hire new workers to replace the old ones, so they can pay for cheaper wages,” he said. The...

12 Oct 2020

Activists want repeal of Indonesia’s controversial new law, while investors warn of 'severe' environmental, human rights repercussions

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